This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1726, Simple Living Building Intentional Habits

by Denise Smith of thiswondrouslife.com, and I'm just a molecule personal narrator

reading to you every day, including holidays, from the best blogs or articles I can find.

So without let's get right to our next article and continue optimizing your life.

Simple Living Building Intentional Habits by Denise Smith of thiswondrouslife.com

Our day-to-day lives are built on the habits we subconsciously or consciously create.

Our habits influence routines our lives flow in, and that can either make us or break us.

I'm currently processing through an unexpected turn of events. It is easy when faced with

something unplanned to just throw caution to the wind and stop caring to lean into unhealthy habits.

I realize in this pursuit of simple living, I can't afford to do that. Simple Living is a lifestyle

change, and with any lifestyle change, my habits matter. And that's where I find myself right now,

asking all the questions. What are my habits? Do they create space for a slow and simple life,

or a more distracted life? What habits can I create that lend to a more slow and simple life?

What small changes can I make daily that encourage a more simple and slow life?

For me, whenever I'm motivated or inspired by something, I get into the zone of

now or never. I bite off more than I can chew and do all the drastic things to become what I've

been motivated or inspired to become. Take this pursuit of living more simply and slowly.

I've been on this journey for roughly three years, but I would say in this third year,

I feel a deeper conviction to pursue this. And with this conviction comes great zeal. However,

I wrestle with doing all the big drastic things in pursuit of this simple lifestyle,

yet skip over the smallest things. And whenever this happens, it all falls flat. Why? Because there's

no foundation, which brings me here. Here with these questions, here with this perspective.

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